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Workforce Friday: An overview of the Horseshoe Casino

Opened in 2014, the Horseshoe Casino in downtown Baltimore employees 1,900 people, 61 percent of which live in the city.

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Updated: 1:07 PM EDT Jul 24, 2015

Workforce Friday: An overview of the Horseshoe Casino

Opened in 2014, the Horseshoe Casino in downtown Baltimore employees 1,900 people, 61 percent of which live in the city.

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WEBVTT NOW WE HEAD BACK OUT TO JASON AND MINDY. HEY, SARAH. HARD TO BELIEVE IN A MONTH FROM NOW WE'LL BE AT THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE HORSESHOE CASINO. IT'S BECOME SORT OF A STAPLE FOR PEOPLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE COME HERE TO PLAY. IN FACT, WE SAW AN EXODUS OF PEOPLE. THEY WERE THERE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE, LOTS OF PEOPLE, BEHIND THE SCENES. WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THEM. SHORES SHOE CASINO HAS EMPLOYED 1,900 PEOPLE WHO WORK 24 HOURS A DAY, THAT MEANS THERE IS A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON SURVEILLANCE, SECURITY, MAINTENANCE AND HOUSEKEEPING. IF YOU COME HERE, YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO EAT, AND THERE ARE THREE FEATURED RESTAURANTS AND PLENTY OF DINING OPTIONS, ALL MANNED BY THE CHEFS, BARTENDERS AND SERVERS AND MORE. THERE IS THE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AROUND THE CLOCK. BUT THE BIGGEST ATTRACTION, THE GAMING WITH THE CASINO FLOOR COVERING 122,000 SQUARE FEET. MORE THAN 2,000 SLOTS AND 200 CABLE GAMES. THERE ARE ALWAYS DEALERS AROUND. AND OF THE 1900 EMPLOYEES HERE AT HORSESHOE CASINO, 61% ARE FROM BALTIMORE CITY. THEY ARE CITY RESIDENTS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF THE WORKERS SAY MEANS A LOT TO THEM. BALTIMORE HAS GONE THROUGH A LOT. SO, TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES, IS AWESOME, YOU KNOW. WE HAVE LONGED FOR SO MUCH. WE HAVE LONGED FOR MUCH MORE. AND BEING A PART OF THE CASINO, THE HORSESHOE CASINO, THEY DO A LOT FOR THE CITY, YOU KNOW. IT'S A GIVE AND TAKE, SO EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE GIVING -- THEY ARE GIVING BACK TO THE CITY A LOT. A WHOLE LOT. AND THAT'S ONE THING WE'LL TALK ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. THE IMPACT THIS CASINO HAS ON BALTIMORE CITY AND MARYLAND. THE GAMES AND BRIGHT LIGHTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

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Workforce Friday: An overview of the Horseshoe Casino

Opened in 2014, the Horseshoe Casino in downtown Baltimore employees 1,900 people, 61 percent of which live in the city.